Regions & Areas

Regions & Areas

 Regions of France

• Map of France
• Alsace
• Bordeaux
• Burgundy and Beaujolais
• Champagne
• Jura
• Languedoc Roussillon
• Provence Corse
• Savoie
• Sud Ouest
• Loire Valley
• Rhône Valley
• Others

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 Regions of Spain

• Regions and areas from Spain

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 Regions and areas from the world

• Regions and areas Country by Country

Grape varieties

Grape varieties

The wine grape varieties and their universe

• The wine grape and the berry
• The aroma of the white wine grape varieties
• The aroma of the red wine grape varieties
• The complete list

Cook & Wine

Cook & Wine

The recipes and the associated wines

• Introduction
• The starters
• The dishes
• The cheeses
• The desserts

Wine Cellar

Wine Cellar

The advices to organize and manage his cellar

• Introduction
• The storage conditions
• The racks in the wine cellar
• The wine cellar composition proposals

 Vintages & Classifications

 Vintages & Classifications

Classifications in Bordeaux

• The Graves Classification of 1959
• The Medoc Classification of 1855
• The Medoc Cru Bourgeois Classification of 2003
• The Unofficial Classification of Pomerol
• The Saint Emilion Classification of 2006
• The Sauternes and Barsac Classification of 1855

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The Vintage tables of France

• Introduction
• The Vintage tables of Alsace and Lorraine
• The Vintage tables of Beaujolais
• The Vintage tables of Bordeaux
• The Vintage tables of Burgundy
• The Vintage tables of Champagne
• The Vintage tables of Loire Valley
• The Vintage tables of Rhône Valley

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The Vintage tables of the world

• Introduction
• The Vintage tables of Argentina
• The Vintage tables of Australia
• The Vintage tables of Austria
• The Vintage tables of Chile
• The Vintage tables of Germany
• The Vintage tables of Italy
• The Vintage tables of New-Zealand
• The Vintage tables of Portugal
• The Vintage tables of Spain
• The Vintage tables of South Africa
• The Vintage tables of United States

Wine universe

Wine universe

Wine labels

• Wine labels and legals
• The wine labels from Mouton-Rothschild
• The wine labels from Siran

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Wine bottles

• Wine bottle sizes
• Wine bottle shapes

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Wine stuff

• Glasses
• Corkscrews
• Cork

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Speaking about wine

• Wine dictionnary

Saint-Emilion 2006 classification

History of the classification

In 1954, at the request of the "syndicat de défense des vins de Saint-Emilion", INAO make the first ranking of the Crus of Saint-Émilion. INAO's decree said that every ten years the classification would be renewed. Only wines of the appellation Saint-Emilion Grand Cru can benefit from words "Grand Cru Classé" or "Premier Grand Cru Classé" according to official results. The revisions in 1969, 1979, 1984 and 1984, 1996 and 2006 slightly modified the original classification.

Nowadays, Saint-Emilion classification has 13 "Premiers Grand Crus Classés" with an total of 860 hectares.
The new classification of the 7th september 2006 promoted 2 wines to "Premier Cru Classé" B::
Château Pavie-Macquin and Château Troplong-Mondot.

The classification integrated 5 new Châteaux:
Château Bellefont-Belcier, Château Destieux, Château Fleur-Cardinale, Château Grand Corbin and Château Grand Corbin-Despagne.

13 Châteaux are pulled off the classification:
Château Bellevue, Château Cadet-Bon, Château Curé Bon, Château Faurie-de-Souchard, Château Guadet-Saint-Julien, Château La Clusière, Château La Tour-du-Pin-Figeac (Giraud-Belivier), Château La Tour du Pin Figeac (Moueix), Château La Marzelle, Château Petit-Faurie-de-Soutard, Château Tertre Daugay, Château Villemaurine and Château Yon-Figeac.

During July of 2008, Bordeaux court ruled that the 2006 St Emilion classification is invalid and can no longer be used.
Chateaux must now remove the classifications of Premier Grand Cru Classé A or B, or Grand Cru Classé - which should have applied from the 2006 vintage up to 2016 - from labels on wines dating from the 2006 vintage.

2 "Premiers Crus Classés" A

13 "Premiers Crus Classés" B

46 "Grands Crus Classés"